Road rage suspect assaults officers on arrest

(CNS) The man the police were looking for after he fired a flare gun at another driver following a collision between their two vehicles in Savannah yesterday has handed himself in. Just before 5pm Wednesday, the 23-year-old man from Bodden Town attended the Cayman Islands Detention Centre. But when he was arrested on suspicion of possession of unlicensed ammunition and attempted murder, he assaulted the officers.

The RCIPS said that after he was arrested, the man became aggressive and assaulted the police officers involved, who used “reasonable force” to subdue him. He sustained minor injuries as a result and was taken to the hospital for treatment for those injuries as well as injuries sustained from the collision.

While at the hospital being treated for his injuries, the suspect attempted to escape police custody. But he was detained and arrested on suspicion of assaulting police, disorderly conduct in a police station and attempts to escape lawful custody. He remains in custody pending further investigation.